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Reacting to the controversy, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said, “My attention has been drawn to the news reports which have appeared in a section of the press with regard to Prasar Bharti.I had stated earlier and allow med to underscore and reiterate that the autonomy of the Prasar Bharti is guaranteed by an act of Parliament”. 

“Prasar Bharti is a board-run organisation and the I&B Ministry has an arm's length relationship with it. Infact on the question of autonomy, when I took over as the minister of I&B in October, 2012, it was on my initiative and the initiative of the then secretary in the ministry Uday Kumar Verma that the Sam Pitroda committee was constituted,” he told reporters.

Prasar Bharti CEO Jawahar Sircar had yesterday attacked Tewari on the issue of autonomy for Prasar Bharti.